Washington Middle

Summary:

Washington Middle is a public middle school located in Bakersfield, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 660 students. The school is part of the Bakersfield City School District, which is ranked 1338 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Washington Middle consistently performs significantly below the Bakersfield City and California state averages in standardized test scores across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 14.83% of Washington Middle students were proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 27.74% for Bakersfield City and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 3.96% at Washington Middle, compared to 15.01% for Bakersfield City and 35.54% for California. The school has also experienced a concerning increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.9% in 2018-2019 to 56.6% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Washington Middle has a very high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 89.09% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, compared to the district average of 86.04% and the state average of 55.3%.

When comparing Washington Middle to other nearby middle schools in the Bakersfield City School District, it becomes clear that Washington Middle is an outlier in terms of academic performance and other key metrics. For example, Chipman Junior High, located just 2.44 miles away, outperforms Washington Middle by a significant margin, with 43.78% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 21.57% in Mathematics. The significant achievement gaps between Washington Middle and its higher-performing peers, as well as the disparities in performance among student subgroups, suggest that equity and access to quality education are major challenges for the school.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 1101 Noble Ave.
       Bakersfield, CA  93305-1928


(661) 631-5810

District: Bakersfield City

SchoolDigger Rank:
2676th of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,149 Help


Feeder schools for Washington Middle:

Elementary:    Longfellow Elementary
    Myra A. Noble Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  22.4 Help
Number of students:  660

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
81.1%
White:
9.1%
African American:
6.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Washington Middle ranks worse than 96.4% of middle schools in California. It also ranks 9th among 10 ranked middle schools in the Bakersfield City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.46. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Washington Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Bakersfield City School District.  (See more...)
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington Middle is $8,149, which is the 2nd highest among 10 middle schools in the Bakersfield City School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washington Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Middle 2676th of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Washington Middle in the ranking list.)

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Bakersfield City:

SchoolDigger ranks Bakersfield City 1338th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Washington Middle

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Rank History for all students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 11.08 1654th 1769 6.5%
2005 13.02 1614th 1777 9.2%
2006 14.55 1610th 1804 10.8%
2007 21.43 1614th 1999 19.3%
2008 20.93 1655th 2005 17.5%
2009 20.50 1728th 2063 16.2%
2010 21.63 1800th 2179 17.4%
2011 20.11 1905th 2236 14.8%
2012 22.10 1865th 2259 17.4%
2013 25.15 1876th 2379 21.1%
2015 13.76 2229th 2477 10.0%
2016 16.11 2170th 2497 13.1%
2017 21.33 1981st 2508 21.0%
2018 20.28 1993rd 2480 19.6%
2019 14.16 2415th 2715 11.0%
2022 11.01 2606th 2740 4.9%
2023 9.50 2715th 2802 3.1%
2024 9.46 2676th 2777 3.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.32 1284th 1364 5.9%
2019 25.99 1337th 1442 7.3%
2022 25.92 1442nd 1540 6.4%
2023 36.41 916th 1529 40.1%
2024 30.74 1190th 1477 19.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 21.37 1415th 1538 8.0%
2024 20.48 1446th 1550 6.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.36 1639th 2230 26.5%
2019 19.29 2047th 2369 13.6%
2022 13.45 2318th 2458 5.7%
2023 10.48 2473rd 2549 3.0%
2024 11.21 2464th 2575 4.3%
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Rank History for Migrant students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 23.47 73rd 86 15.1%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 17.61 298th 321 7.2%
2024 22.75 338th 394 14.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.19 1906th 2262 15.7%
2019 14.82 2120th 2380 10.9%
2022 9.18 2455th 2509 2.2%
2023 9.31 2487th 2547 2.4%
2024 9.68 2470th 2546 3.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.17 739th 1369 46.0%
2019 34.23 887th 1491 40.5%
2022 18.75 1475th 1531 3.7%
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Rank History for Male students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.39 1809th 2273 20.4%
2019 13.30 2213th 2407 8.1%
2022 13.90 2339th 2527 7.4%
2023 10.52 2467th 2558 3.6%
2024 9.78 2474th 2547 2.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.29 399th 600 33.5%
2019 20.89 550th 643 14.5%
2022 24.80 507th 637 20.4%
2023 14.76 584th 614 4.9%
2024 21.72 525th 626 16.1%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.36 1549th 2072 25.2%
2019 19.05 1912th 2213 13.6%
2022 13.98 2208th 2359 6.4%
2023 11.46 2289th 2391 4.3%
2024 11.40 2285th 2383 4.1%
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Rank History for White students at Washington Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.68 1277th 1496 14.6%
2019 7.59 1523rd 1602 4.9%
2022 3.05 1540th 1555 1.0%
2023 4.89 1516th 1552 2.3%
2024 2.23 1529th 1535 0.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Washington Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 202 22 11 318 9 n/a n/a 0 562
1989 180 23 12 344 13 n/a n/a 0 572
1990 183 32 10 371 9 n/a n/a 0 605
1991 156 38 11 414 7 n/a n/a 0 626
1992 135 30 13 433 9 n/a n/a 0 620
1993 123 46 15 514 12 n/a n/a 0 710
1994 120 32 19 282 6 n/a n/a 0 459
1995 94 21 15 256 8 n/a n/a 0 394
1996 94 21 15 256 8 n/a n/a 0 394
1997 83 26 8 279 3 n/a n/a 0 399
1998 83 26 10 313 7 n/a n/a 0 439
1999 90 40 12 349 8 n/a n/a 0 499
2000 116 52 12 429 5 n/a n/a 0 614
2001 119 50 13 391 14 n/a n/a 0 587
2002 81 53 11 463 9 n/a n/a 0 617
2003 81 53 11 463 9 n/a n/a 0 617
2004 89 55 9 512 7 n/a n/a 5 677
2005 79 51 11 491 13 n/a n/a 7 652
2006 74 53 5 486 11 n/a n/a 8 637
2007 67 49 2 454 13 n/a n/a 6 591
2008 51 41 6 495 5 n/a n/a 0 598
2009 43 30 9 498 2 1 2 0 585
2010 43 49 8 497 8 0 2 0 607
2011 45 29 4 509 10 0 9 0 606
2012 49 33 2 508 6 3 7 0 608
2013 45 32 2 531 5 3 10 0 628
2014 50 44 4 568 6 0 13 0 685
2015 40 40 5 565 5 0 7 0 662
2016 41 36 5 554 3 0 9 0 648
2017 39 42 9 564 3 0 9 0 666
2018 42 50 6 593 4 0 7 0 702
2019 38 52 5 573 3 0 7 0 678
2020 41 58 1 541 2 0 6 0 649
2021 43 40 3 535 3 0 10 0 634
2022 45 43 2 509 1 0 16 0 616
2023 60 40 4 535 3 0 17 1 660

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Washington Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 562 25.8 21.7 n/a
1989 572 27.5 20.8 n/a
1990 605 29.4 20.5 n/a
1991 626 31.9 19.6 n/a
1992 620 32.4 19.1 68.9
1993 710 31.8 22.3 73.4
1994 459 22.8 20.1 64.7
1995 394 19.8 19.9 76.1
1996 394 19.8 19.9 76.1
1997 399 20.8 19.2 44.9
1998 439 21.2 20.7 88.4
1999 499 25.3 19.7 89
2000 614 29.2 21.0 86.3
2001 587 29.3 20.0 88.6
2002 617 32.2 19.2 87.2
2003 617 32.2 19.2 87.2
2004 677 24.9 27.2 87.4
2005 652 23.9 27.3 87
2006 637 24.3 26.2 89.2
2007 591 22.5 26.3 86.8
2008 598 30.6 19.5 84.6
2009 585 26.5 18.5 84.8
2010 607 21.0 28.9 94.1
2011 606 n/a n/a 91.3
2012 608 23.2 26.1 n/a
2013 628 22.7 27.5 89
2014 685 23.3 29.3 85.3
2015 662 25.0 26.4 90
2016 648 26.0 24.9 89.8
2017 666 34.5 19.2 93.1
2018 702 38.1 18.3 95.3
2019 678 32.8 20.6 95.4
2020 649 n/a n/a 96.6
2021 634 28.7 22.0 97.6
2022 616 28.5 21.5 84.7
2023 660 29.3 22.4 89.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Washington Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 562 25.8 21.7 n/a
1989 572 27.5 20.8 n/a
1990 605 29.4 20.5 n/a
1991 626 31.9 19.6 n/a
1992 620 32.4 19.1 68.9
1993 710 31.8 22.3 73.4
1994 459 22.8 20.1 64.7
1995 394 19.8 19.9 76.1
1996 394 19.8 19.9 76.1
1997 399 20.8 19.2 44.9
1998 439 21.2 20.7 88.4
1999 499 25.3 19.7 89
2000 614 29.2 21.0 86.3
2001 587 29.3 20.0 88.6
2002 617 32.2 19.2 87.2
2003 617 32.2 19.2 87.2
2004 677 24.9 27.2 87.4
2005 652 23.9 27.3 87
2006 637 24.3 26.2 89.2
2007 591 22.5 26.3 86.8
2008 598 30.6 19.5 84.6
2009 585 26.5 18.5 84.8
2010 607 21.0 28.9 94.1
2011 606 n/a n/a 91.3
2012 608 23.2 26.1 n/a
2013 628 22.7 27.5 89
2014 685 23.3 29.3 85.3
2015 662 25.0 26.4 90
2016 648 26.0 24.9 89.8
2017 666 34.5 19.2 93.1
2018 702 38.1 18.3 95.3
2019 678 32.8 20.6 95.4
2020 649 n/a n/a 96.6
2021 634 28.7 22.0 97.6
2022 616 28.5 21.5 84.7
2023 660 29.3 22.4 89.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Washington Middle

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,149

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Washington Middle

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2415th of 2715 Middle schoolsRanks 2715th of 2802 Middle schools
 7.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Middle)26.515.8
 10.7%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bakersfield City)32.626.7
 5.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Washington Middle)13.64.3
 9.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Bakersfield City)20.613.8
 6.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%
7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Middle)2518.1
 6.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bakersfield City)37.128.9
 8.3%
   7th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.447.4
 3.9%
7th Grade Mathematics (Washington Middle)125.7
 6.2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Bakersfield City)18.813.8
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (California)37.933.2
 4.7%
8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Washington Middle)26.316.3
 9.9%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bakersfield City)33.426.7
 6.8%
   8th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.445.7
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Washington Middle)12.41.6
 10.8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Bakersfield City)17.910
 8%
   8th Grade Mathematics (California)36.629.9
 6.7%
8th Grade Science (Washington Middle)11.24.5
 6.7%
   8th Grade Science (Bakersfield City)15.314
 1.3%
   8th Grade Science (California)30.828.8
 2.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students678660
 2.7%
African American5240
 23.1%
American Indian33
Asian54
 20%
Hispanic573535
 6.6%
Pacific Islander00
White3860
 57.9%
Two or More Races717
 142.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients95.4%89.1%
 6.3%


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Washington Middle ranks in the bottom 3.6% of California middle schools.

Students at Washington Middle are 81% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% African American, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 660 students attended Washington Middle.


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